Ventilating device for wind-shields.



G. M. SCOTT. VENTILATING DEVICE FOR WIND SHIELDS.

APPLICATION IILED AUG 5, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 191% ea auteur curios.

GEORGE M. soon, or MbCQNNELSVILLE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, ildll.

. Application filed August 5; 1913. Serial No. 783,215.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, GEORGE M. Soon, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Mospecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ventilating devices for wind shields of automobiles and the object in view is to produce a simple and eiiicient device of this nature so arranged that the wind shield may be adjusted and held in diiferentpostions to allow the desired volume of air to pass beneath the lower section of the shield;

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangethrough the wind shield and the means for holding the same in tilted positions. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the adjustable yoke adapted to be mounted upon the dash of the vehicle. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through a portion of the yoke illustrating its longitudinal adjustments, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the device for holding the shield in different positions.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the da'sh board of the vehicle, and B designates the arms of a yoke, the shank portions of which are adjustable longitudinally in the sleeve sections C, which sectionsare held in place upon the dash by means of the clips D held bfy bolts D.. The frame of the sections of t e Wind shields are designated in the drawings by letters E and F, the latter being 'pivotally mounted in the usual manner and adapted to swing upon the cross-piece E which is supported by the braces H. Each arm B of the yoke has a plate 13 adjusiably fastened thereto which is slotted as at B and set screws B pass through each of said slots and are adapted to engage the threaded apertures in the arms B and serve as means for-holding the plates B in different adjusted positions. Each plate B is pivotally mounted upon a pin B- projecting from the disk K at the upper end of the brace Pl Mounted in a recess L formed in said sleeve section is a pivotal pin N upon which a controlling arm 0 is pivotally mounted, which arm is provided witha series of concave-d recesses 0 adapted to engage the concaved' edge of the swinging wind shield frame E, as shown clearly in the drawings, and one end of said arm is bent to form ahandle whereby the latter maybe swung upon its pivot. At the pivotal end of said arm is an integral projector member 0" which is curved as shown and is designed to engage the swinging edge of the wind shield E when the latter is in a closed position so that, when the arm is pulled back from the wind shield, said projector will impart the initial inner swinging movement to thewind shield. A curved slotted plate, designated by letter It, is held by bolts R' to the dash and project through said slot L and their upper ends project above the yoke and serve as a stop against which the ends of a coiled Spring T bear, which spring coils about the pivotal pin N and has a loop portion T which engages the under edge of the swinging arm O,'the purpose of which spring is to normally hold said arm when not in use against the inner face of the glass oi: the wind shield E.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood and is as follows :-The yoke which assumes the position usually occupied by the fixed part of the wind shield is secured to the dash board, being adjusted. to the width thereof, and when the wind shield E is closed, the arm will be held by the coiled spring adjacent to or against the inner face of the glass of said shield. Should it be desired to cause the wind shield to swing in order to allow a space to intervene between the lower marginal edge thereof and thehorizontal portion of the yoke, the operator by pulling down upon the handle end of said arm will cause the prodifferent makes, thus adapting the invention "such position by the spring which is under tension as the arm. is swung down toward a horizontal position.

By the construction of a ventilating device as shown and described, provision is made whereby the yoke, which is adjustable, may be attached to wind shields of for use upon all kinds of wind shields.

What I claim to be new is 1. A ventilating device for wind shields of automobiles comprising a yoke adapted to be fastened to the dashboard of a vehicle, a swinging wind shield pivotally mounted upon the yoke, a pivotal spring-pressed member mounted upon said yoke and having an upwardly curved projector end adapted to contact with and cause the shield to move as the latter is tilted, the latter being provided with a series of scallops upon its upper end, aspring adapted to hold the membeit .yieldingly against the lower swinging edge of the shield and having a handle at one end,

as set forth. 2. A ventilating device for wind shields of automobiles comprising a yoke adapted to be fastenedto the dashboard of a vehicle, a swinging wind shield pivotally mounted upon the yoke, said yoke having a transversely disposed portion which is recessed, a slotted plate fastened in said recess, a pivotal member having a projector positioned within the slot of said member and adapted toengage andirnpart the initial swinging movement to the shield as the member is tilted, and a spring for holding the member yieldingly against the swinging edge of the shield, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. SOUTT.

, Witnesses:

M. W. l/VERNMER, J. M. IiioKEoUN. 

